Re: Spark Gap Gasses Experiment

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• Subject: Re: Spark Gap Gasses Experiment
• From: Gary Lau <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:18:36 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

>Original Poster: Steve Rodway <Legion-at-bigfoot-dot-com> 
>    At work we have a hydrogen spark gap with operates at up to 30atm
>pressure, it is not used with tesla coils, but it is in a capacitor discharge
>circuit, and the quenching is INCREDABLE, we can operate it with primary
>energies of 10's of joules per discharge with rep rates over 5KHz, and even
>then it is not the gap which is the limiting factor, but the system it is
>driving.

I'd be interested to hear any further details on this unit, especially
electrode material and geometry, gap spacing and voltage, and gas circulation
considerations.  Single or multiple gaps?  Any adjustability?  I take it this
is a commercially manufactured unit?  Are any spec's available?

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA

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